the other mike
Diamond Member
What’s the most significant occurrence so far in the 21st century?
Worsening weather calamities caused by global warming?
Endless suicide bombings and massacres by religious fanatics in the Islamic “cult of death”?
Snowballing acceptance of gays as equal humans?
Kakistocracy (government by the worst) under a ludicrous president who has told 10,000 countable lies?
Recurring U.S. gun massacres?
All of those are important, and I nominate another: The remarkably rapid collapse of religion in advanced democracies. It’s major news with far-reaching impact.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/08/13/the-biggest-news-of-the-21st-century/
Not sure if I agree, but it's an interesting observation.
Worsening weather calamities caused by global warming?
Endless suicide bombings and massacres by religious fanatics in the Islamic “cult of death”?
Snowballing acceptance of gays as equal humans?
Kakistocracy (government by the worst) under a ludicrous president who has told 10,000 countable lies?
Recurring U.S. gun massacres?
All of those are important, and I nominate another: The remarkably rapid collapse of religion in advanced democracies. It’s major news with far-reaching impact.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/08/13/the-biggest-news-of-the-21st-century/
Not sure if I agree, but it's an interesting observation.